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10 Language-to-English DictionariesBanket
/ˈbæŋ.kɛt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A conglomerate gold-bearing ore found in South Africa, characterized by quartz pebbles in a quartzitic matrix.
"The deep-level mining operations successfully extracted high-grade gold from the dense banket reef." - 2
A Dutch or South African pastry or confection, often shaped like a letter and filled with almond paste.
"During the winter holidays, the family traditionally baked a golden-brown banket filled with sweet almond paste."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Dutch word 'banket', meaning banquet or pastry, and later adopted into mining geology in South Africa via Afrikaans to describe conglomerate gold-bearing ore that resembles almond rock-sweet confectionary.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Banket" is said worldwide
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banket
Transliteration: bɑ̃kɛt
"Le banket sud-africain est riche en minerais d'or."
Banket
Transliteration: baŋˈkeːt
"Das goldführende Konglomerat wird als Banket bezeichnet."
banket
Transliteration: banket
"Il banket è un minerale aurifero molto importante."
banket
Transliteration: banket
"El banket contiene importantes depósitos de oro."
banket
Transliteration: bɐ̃ˈkɛt
"O banket é um minério aurífero encontrado na África do Sul."
बैंकेट अयस्क
Transliteration: banket ayask
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"बैंकैट दक्षिण अफ्रीका में पाया जाने वाला सोने का अयस्क है।"
含金砾岩
Transliteration: hán jīn lì yán
Script: 中文汉字
"这种含金砾岩在南非采矿业中非常重要。"
방케트
Transliteration: bang-keteu
Script: 한국어 한글
"방케트는 금이 함유된 역암층을 가리킨다."
バンケット
Transliteration: banketto
Script: 日本語
"バンケットは南アフリカの金鉱石として知られている。"
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